Matt's Profile

Matt is a Shareholder in the firm's Huntsville office and is a member of several practices in the Litigation section at Maynard Cooper.

Matt has broad experience in both trial and appellate courts (federal and state) and in alternative dispute resolution forums handling disputes involving complex commercial, real estate, intellectual property, securities and corporate governance, civil rights, and government contract matters. In addition to his trial practice, he assists clients at every stage of the business cycle through all aspects of structuring, negotiating, and documenting transactions and counseling business owners, advises clients on the finance, acquisition, development, lease, and disposition of real estate and land use regulations and restriction affecting real estate, and creates strategies for clients to obtain, protect, and commercialize their intellectual property.

Copyright
• William E. Poole Design, Inc. v. Southern Living, Inc., Case No. 2:05-cv-65, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (architectural renderings).
• DmChiroux, Inc. v. ASP Publ’g, Inc., et al., Case No. 5:06-cv-1976, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (real estate magazines and advertisements).
• Integrated Mgmt. Solutions, Inc. v. Marty Smith, et al., Case No. 6:07-cv-88, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (software).
• Arista Records, LLC, et al. v. Does 1-4, Case No. 7:08-cv-920, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (musical composition and sound recordings).

Patent
• Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. Clearcube Tech., Inc., Case No. 5:03-cv-2875, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (switching technology).
• Monsanto Co. v. Nacy Meeks, et al., Case No. 5:03-cv-3250, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (seed technology).
• Vintage Pharm., Inc. v. Blansett Pharmacal Co., Inc., Case No. 5:04-cv-872, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (specialty pharmaceuticals).
• TIC/WRH, LLC v. Keith Bucher, et al., Case No. 2:06-cv-4711, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (waste-to-energy and plasma torch technology).
• Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. Aten Int’l, Co., Ltd., Case No. 5:07-cv-625, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (switching technology).
• NorthPeak Wireless, LLC v. 3Com Corp., et al., Case No. 5:08-cv-1813, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (mobile positioning technology).
• Wireless Telematics, LLC v. OutdoorLink, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:14-cv-01263, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California; Case No. 5:15-cv-00408, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (wireless lighting controls).

Bar Admissions

Education

University of Tulsa College of Law
(2003, J.D., Member and Senior Articles Editor, Energy Law Journal; Member and Senior Editor, Year in Review: ABA Section on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law; Phi Delta Phi; President’s Award, 2003; Student Bar Association, Treasurer)